Official Website of the Mescalero Apache Tribe

UPDATE: Emergency Rental Assistance Program

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UPDATE: Emergency Rental Assistance Program will be available Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 5pm-7pm at the Mescalero Post Office!

ATTENTION: Mescalero Apache Tribe Housing Department tenants living at:

  • Gayton Ridge
  • Oak Drive
  • Elderly Units
  • Pena
  • Palmer
  • Carrizo Trails
  • Lower Flats
  • Windy Point

You can be worry free for one year! The Emergency Rental Assistance Program will pay your rent and utilities for 12 months.

If an application has already been filled out with the ERA Program or sent in, there is no need to sign up again.

Sign up Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at the Mescalero Post Office from 5pm-7pm.

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Public Service Announcement

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Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for Mescalero issued by the El Paso National Weather Service starting August 12, 2021 at 4pm through Saturday morning, August 14, 2021.

Some areas may receive 10” of rain.

Periods of Heavy Rain are likely through Saturday.

If flooding occurs, do not drive through flooded roadways.

Thank you and be safe!

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Mescalero Apache Tribe COVID-19 Test Results

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As of August 12, 2021:

Total tests: 17,831*

Negative: 16,818

Positive: 1013

New Positives: 18 (since 8/2/21)**

Active cases: 15

Direct Contacts: 34

Current Hospitalizations: 0

Total Deaths: 25

New Deaths: 0

Total Breakthroughs: 34 (since December 2020)

New Breakthroughs: 2 (since 8/2/21)

*Includes testing by IHS & NMDOH

**Average over last 10 days: 1.8 new cases per day

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Roads Department: White Mountain Drive Construction

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Construction continues on White Mountain Drive from Highway 70 to Windy Point Drive. White Mountain Drive will be closed to through traffic through the end of November. The alternate route to access the school and White Mountain subdivision is Botella Rd.

Please do not try to access White Mountain Drive from Highway 70; heavy equipment is working on the road. Please be patient as there are much needed improvements to White Mountain Drive. This is the 1st phase of construction to the White Mountain Drive and we have two more phases to go.

If you have any questions, please call the Roads Department at 575-464-4311.

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New Mexico Hunter Education Classes

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There are no in-person classes for this year’s Hunter Education Classes. Follow the link below to sign up for virtual classes!

https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/education/hunter-education/#tab-af20490e7ad380ba40e

For more information contact Conservation Officer Ruben Peralta email: rperalta@mescaleroapachetribe.com or Officer Jacob Mendez email: jsmendez@mescaleroapachetribe.com or call the Mescalero Conservation Law Enforcement Office at 575-464-9323.

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